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Reactivity of genotypically distinct hepatitis B virus surface antigens in 10 commercial diagnostic kits available in Japan.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 1 Apr 2005
Mizuochi Toshiaki, Okada Yoshiaki, Umemori Kiyoko, Mizusawa Saeko, Sato Shinichiro, Yamaguchi Kazunari
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antigen (HBsAg) is one of the most important serological markers of current HBV infection. However, there are significant antigenic variations of HBsAg caused by genotypic diversity as well as mutation of the HBV genome. It is predictable that amino acid substituti...
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